Radio and Television Transactions

Robert and Emily Goodrich are 50-50 partners in an Oklahoma-based broadcast entity. In a deal just filed with the FCC, the husband and wife team are adding an AM/FM combo in an appropriately named community along the banks of Idaho's Salmon River.

Two noncomm FMs and a pair of FM translators serving an area of California along U.S. 395 and the Golden State's eastern spine are trading hands. While the programming could change, the stations are expected to remain Religious.

After "40 years and 40,000 sales calls," life as a radio broadcasting industry consultant for a former station owner has taken a new turn. As of today, he is now the sole member of a newly created entity poised to assume control of two divestiture trusts most recently overseen by the late Jeanette Tully. Paperwork has been filed with the FCC that not only pass these two licensees to Barry Drake, but also a newly formed third divestment trust that is comprised of two radio stations. 

Friday saw the continued divestment of FM translators held by an Idaho-based broadcasting ministry led by President Dennis Clounch. This time around, Edgewater Broadcasting is saying goodbye to facilities in Eastern Washington and in a small town due east of Twin Falls, Idaho, among several other markets. The recipient: An entity already getting some Edgewater FMs, for free.

A dark noncommercial FM serving a small Southern city has just been acquired by the No. 2 licensee of radio stations in the U.S. It's one of the lone deals involving a fully licensed radio station to be filed with the Commission this week, capping off one of the slowest periods for transactions so far this year.

In a deal between two individuals, a group of five low-power TV stations in Texas are trading hands. The stations are in Lubbock, Victoria and San Angelo, respectively.

It's been a very slow October for radio and TV transactions. The trickle of deal-making is such that the lone item up for discussion in TRANSACTIONS TODAY is a change of control of a low-power FM serving a community in the Grand Canyon State.

A Class D AM on the outskirts of Alabama's biggest city has been donated to a group that plans to use the facility and its unbuilt FM translator to "successfully advance their educational outreach to the young women of color" in the area for which these facilities serve.

In March 2003, Idaho-based Edgewater Broadcasting filed approximately 1,700 applications for FM translators across the country. It was granted 484 CPs. Some 14 years later, Edgewater accelerated the transfer of hundreds of construction permits. Now comes word that Edgewater is parting ways with several others.

An Idaho-based non-secular broadcasting company led by President Dennis Clounch has decided to sell another one of its FM translators, continuing a trend started two years ago. The latest divestment involves a city in Montana, and the No. 2 licensee of AM and FM broadcast stations in the U.S.

To the north and northwest of the Pennsylvania state capital of Harrisburg are the towns of Middleburg and Elliotsburg, respectively. Here, two low-power TV stations are being sold. It's the lone deal we have to talk about in yet another quiet day for TRANSACTIONS TODAY.

At 1450 kHz is a Class C 1kw AM with 1 tower serving a small town in the Deep South. The facility has an FM translator, and both are used for a Classic Hits format as "My 95," signifying the translator's dial position. Before August 6, a News/Talk format was heard. That's because an LMA-to-purchase agreement went in to place, putting the wheels in motion on a transaction that has just been filed with the Commission.

A religious entity in the Heart of Dixie has closed on its acquisition of a unique Class D AM facility. This station has a complex signal that covers the Atlanta market during daylight hours but barely reaches the northwest corner of the metro after dark. The broker: Media Services Group.

No Asset Purchase Agreements have been submitted to the FCC in either a Form 314 or Form 345 filing since Wednesday. As such, TRANSACTIONS TODAY takes a look at several STA requests brought to the Commission's attention. One involves Salem Media Group, while another is from an AM station in the Seattle market.

Once again, there's a dearth of deals being filed for Commission approval. As such, there is no TRANSACTIONS TODAY to offer. Rather, we have two Special Temporary Authority requests to share.